Guard.



J. G. WELLS.

GUARD. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1912.

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Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

JOEL C. WELLS, 0F SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 25, 1913.

Application filed. June 1,1912. Serial No. 700,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jon. C. WELLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southbridge, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards, of which the following is a specifi- I cation.

My invention relates to improvements 1n guards, and has for its leading object the provision of an improved form of nosev provision of an improved-guard of the char j acter above set forth in which the positione or angle of the guard as an entirety may be readily adjusted and in which the position of the various bearing portions of thelguard may be adjusted relative to each other without interfering with the adjustment of the guard as an entirety.

Other objects and advantages of my improved guard should be readily apparent by reference to the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, and it will be understood that I may make any modifications in the specific details of construction shown and described within the scope of the appended claims without departing from or exceeding the spirit of my invention.

Figure I represents a view of a pair of eyeglasses equipped with my improved nose guards. Fig. II represents a detail view of one form of one of my guards. Fig. III represents a similar view of a slightly modified form of guard. Fig. IV represents a plan view of the blank from which the guard shown in Fig. II is formed, and Fig. V represents a sectional view on the line VV of Fig. II.

In the drawings, in which similar characters of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 designates the bridge of an eyeglass mounting having at each end the lens engaging members 2 for supporting the lenses 3, while secured to the said bridge adjacent the lens engaging portions 2 thereof are the supporting arms 4 of my guard.

It is to be noted that I have shown arm 4 of flat material having a portion thereof disposed in a horizontal plane and a portion disposed in a vertical plane whereby up and down or in and out adjustment of the guard may be accomplished by bending the arm transversely of the material thereof. In the usual construction of my guard the terminal portion of the arm 4 is bent into the loop 5 adjacent the guard, bending of the arm and opening, closing or twisting of the loop permitting of ready adjustment of my guard as an entirety.

In the drawings I have shown as extending upward and reversely curved the arm 6 bearing the pad portion 7 which may be either integral therewith or attached fixedly or loosely thereto as is shown in Fig. III. A second arm 8 similar in general appearance to the arm 6 extends downward from the arm 4 and terminates in a second bearing pad 9. I have shown the arms 6 and 8 as extending parallel to the arm 4 for a portion of their distance although this position may be varied either in the original forming of the guard or in the adjusting of the parts thereof without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In the use of my improved guard, the arms 6 and 8 which are formed, as is the arm 4, from pliable material, are bent or twisted to secure desired relative adjustment of the bearing portions 7 and 9 to cause said portions to correctly engage the nose of the wearer, it being understood that either these portions alone may engage the nose, or the portion 10 formed by intersection of the three pliable arms may be adjusted to also engage the nose as will prove most desirable.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple, ornamental attractive and readily adjustable nose guard which should commend itself to all both on account of its ornamental and attractive appearance and also on account of the facility of adjustment of the various bearing portions relative to each other and also the possibility of adjustment of the guard as an entirety by bending of the pliable arm 4 and the loop 5 thereof.

I claim:

1. The combination with a pliable supporting arm, of an arm curving upwardly therefrom and extending reversely relative thereto and having a portion substantially parallel to the supporting arm, and a hearing pad carried by the curved arm.

2. The combination with a supporting arm, of a pair of arms extending in opposite directions from one end of the supporting arm, each of the arms of said pair having a portion disposed substantially parallel to the supporting arm and terminating in a pad with its major dimension disposed substantially normal to that of the supporting arm.

3. The combination with a supporting arm having a loop formed therein, of a pair of branches extending from opposite sides of the supporting arm and curving toward the looped portion of said arm, said branches terminating in pads disposed substantially above and below the loop of the supporting arm.

4. The combination with a supporting arm having a loop formed therein, of a pair of branches extending from opposite sides of the supporting arm and curving toward the looped portion of said arm, said branches terminating in pads disposed substantially above and below the loop of the supporting arm and the intersection of the supporting arm and the branches therefrom being constructed and disposed to provide an auxiliary bearing portion disposed in advance of the pads.

5. The combination with a looped supporting arm terminating in a bearing portion, of arms extending reversely from said bearing portion and pads carried by said arms, one of said pads being disposed above and the other of said pads being disposed below the bearing portion and both pads be ing disposed out of vertical alinement with the bearing portion.

6. The combination with a supporting arm having a loop formed therein and terminating in a bearing portion, of branches extending reversely from the bearing portion and terminating in pads, said pads being disposed out of both horizontal and Vertical alinement with the bearing portion and being located substantially in alinement with the loop of the supporting arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOEL C. WELLS.

Witnesses:

ALICE M. HOAR, JOSEPH J. DEMERS.

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.- Washington, D. 0. 

